via (Captain’s Quarters);
A rather large smile crept across my face a few minutes ago, when I read that the new ruling Conservative Party has already put the wheels in motion to begin dismantling the steaming pile o’ crap that we Canadians know as the gun registry. My smile got even bigger when I read that the Conservatives plan to use some of the $90,000,000+ (yes, it is that obscene a waste of money) to field another 1000 RCMP officers in this country.
The Conservative government has created a committee of two cabinet ministers and a backbencher to figure out how best to kill the long-gun registry as soon as possible.
Registry critic Garry Breitkreuz, who is working with Justice Minister Vic Toews and Public Security Minister Stockwell Day, said he has been given wide leeway to deal swiftly with the registry.
I have always said the gun registry is a complete waste, and for a program that was “only” supposed to eat $2,000,000 (in total, not per year), it has spiralled into a $1 billion+ monstrosity.
Captain Ed’s post linked at the start of this post spins a bit of Oliver Stone-ish conspiracy into the story, but it is a good read. It would be utterly sickening if his conjecture was true, but I’m not willing to assume the Liberals would go that far (at least, not yet).
A couple links to Canada.com articles:
Tory backbencher says he will kill gun registry
True cost of gun registry will be upsetting, warns public security minister